Data for 2024

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2024

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2024 covers 176 countries. Nicaragua is highest, at 0.989; Denmark is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.450. Against 2023, 160 values changed (92 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2024

HighestNicaragua

0.989

LowestDenmark

0.009

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

176countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
162distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2024, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.989
2	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.986
3	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.981
4	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.977
5	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.967
6	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.960
7	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.959
=8	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.953
=8	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.953
10	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.950
11	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.949
12	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.944
13	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.931
14	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.926
15	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.924
16	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.919
17	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.914
18	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.913
19	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.912
20	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.898
21	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.891
22	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.886
23	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.873
24	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.863
25	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.859
26	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.858
27	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.856
28	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.855
29	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.849
30	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.848
31	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.835
32	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.834
33	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.831
34	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.826
35	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.824
36	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.823
37	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.818
38	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.816
39	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.806
40	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.802
41	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.795
42	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.786
43	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.767
44	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.764
45	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.755
46	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.754
47	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.743
48	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.736
49	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.735
50	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.734
51	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.718
52	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.716
53	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.712
54	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.707
55	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.696
56	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.695
57	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.689
58	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.666
=59	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.656
=59	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.656
61	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.655
62	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.650
63	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.645
64	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.634
65	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.632
=66	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.627
=66	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.627
68	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.618
69	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.615
70	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.604
71	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.586
72	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.585
73	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.581
74	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.571
75	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.567
76	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.545
77	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.540
78	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.536
79	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.519
80	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.510
81	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.509
82	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.483
83	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.477
84	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.475
85	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.468
=86	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.459
=86	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.459
88	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.451
89	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.448
90	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.447
91	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.434
92	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.426
93	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.412
94	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.408
95	PeruPERSouth America	0.404
96	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.398
97	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.390
98	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.386
99	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.380
100	PanamaPANCentral America	0.365
101	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.359
=102	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.354
=102	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.354
104	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.353
105	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.349
106	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.344
107	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.336
108	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.331
109	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.329
110	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.322
111	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.319
112	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.312
113	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.309
114	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.306
115	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.304
116	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.303
117	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.286
118	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.280
119	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.274
120	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.271
121	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.254
122	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.245
123	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.238
=124	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.234
=124	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.234
126	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.230
127	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.225
128	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.221
129	SurinameSURSouth America	0.195
130	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.186
131	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.181
132	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.180
133	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.176
134	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.173
135	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.171
136	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.169
137	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.168
138	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.165
139	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.159
140	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.149
141	BrazilBRASouth America	0.143
142	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.134
143	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.131
144	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.130
145	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.127
146	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.115
147	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.109
148	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.092
149	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.084
=150	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.074
=150	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.074
152	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.069
153	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.067
=154	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.063
=154	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.063
=154	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.063
=157	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.059
=157	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.059
=159	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.056
=159	UruguayURYSouth America	0.056
161	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.055
162	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.053
163	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.052
164	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.051
165	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.044
166	ChileCHLSouth America	0.040
167	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.026
=168	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.025
=168	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.025
=168	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.025
=171	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.020
=171	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.020
173	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.017
174	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.016
175	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.013
176	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.009

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nicaragua0.989
2Venezuela0.986
3Chad0.981
4Azerbaijan0.977
5North Korea0.967

Lowest

176Denmark0.009
175Sweden0.013
174Australia0.016
173Norway0.017
171New Zealandshared0.020

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.450. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 176 in both
92 · 68rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.278 → 0.447+0.169
Burkina Faso0.438 → 0.567+0.129
Slovakia0.105 → 0.225+0.120
Bulgaria0.199 → 0.312+0.113
Peru0.317 → 0.404+0.087

Fell most

Guatemala0.583 → 0.234−0.349
Poland0.265 → 0.149−0.116
Qatar0.763 → 0.655−0.108
Sri Lanka0.407 → 0.303−0.104
Haiti0.860 → 0.786−0.074

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2024.
162 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.063. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2024). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2024

0636 held

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07Questions